Two of South Africa’s largest distributors, Tarsus Technologies and Platinum Micro, are to merge.
The two companies, both members of the MB Technologies group, will merge from 1 October 2013.
The merger takes place ahead of the planned move to MB Technologies’ new 30 000 square metre warehouse and distribution facility in Waterfall Commercial District, Woodmead, Gauteng, in December 2013.
In a letter to customers, Platinum Micro MD Neil Rom says the merger will result in “a South African IT distribution partner focused on providing enhanced value to our customers”.
He says the integration will combine the strengths of both companies and allows for the leveraging of resources and industry expertise to deliver a richer, more comprehensive and unparalleled experience to our customers.
“By combining resources and assets under one roof our offering to you is strengthened significantly and builds on our existing platform and initiatives to provide forward-thinking solutions to our customers,” he writes.
“We will provide greater efficiencies in distribution, management, operations and overall service delivery. In addition, product portfolios will be integrated and expanded to provide an unmatched product offering.”
Platinum Micro distributes AOC, ASUS, AVG, Billion, Intel, Kingston, Microsoft, Legion, Samsung, Seagate, Targus, Trust, Yealink and VKOM.
Tarsus distributes a range of products that include Acer, AOC, APC, ASUS, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Cisco, Dell, Eaton, HP, Kaspersky, Lenovo, Microsoft, Netgear, OKI, Onyx, Port Designs, Riverbed, Samsung and Symantec.
Tarsus has recently undergone some management shake-ups, with long-time MD Pierre Spies having resigned from the company in May, and veteran Anton Herbst taking over the position in July.
